Digital Transformation with Engineering
"We prefer to talk about a Digital Journey, a journey in which we are able to walk alongside our clients, with our deep knowledge of core processes and new technologies. A journey that can no longer be postponed if one wants to be among the first to reap benefits from these new digital paradigms. An extraordinary journey, not without risks that can be turned into opportunities if undertaken with a partner that has made innovation its mission." - Paolo Pandozy, CEO, Engineering Group
Transforming the present to enable the future
The development of our world has always been based on the value of knowledge, a pillar that is now facing an unprecedented change: new technology is demolishing the silos that held information hostage within specific sectors, areas and economic and social structures, making knowledge a common good, a new keystone for a new, possibly unprecedented, social and economic development.
A new world is emerging, right now, and thanks to our contribution. A world which is reducing the differences between the physical and the digital world, allowing us to seize the opportunities offered by new technology, paving the way for new cognitive, economic and social paradigms, giving us better and faster, decision making capabilities. A world that potentially holds all the answers, as long as we ask the right questions and we are ready to embrace change.
Like any change that creates a disconnect between the present and future, people’s behavior and attitudes will be different, reflecting a combination of risk appetite and change management and the desire to seize new opportunities in order to extend or maintain their competitive advantage. In any event, change is inevitable.
This data-driven revolution will need not only the knowledge and skills of the new digital scientists and the technologies that underpin this transformation, but also security, solid infrastructure, open ecosystems and, above all, knowledge of the core processes that need to be transformed.
Digital Transformation when applied to noncore processes yields less valuable results, but when it is applied to core processes, vital for a business, the outcome is downright disruptive The more fundamental the process, the more disruptive, and visible, the outcome of this transformation will be.
We will need partners who not only know how to provide solutions, but are also able to offer robust IT infrastructure, total security and advanced skills in domain and technology processes, coupled with the know how to manage the co-design of this transformation as well as being completely open to infinite external inputs. We will need all of this to steer companies and society through the uncharted waters of the new era. All of this needs to be based on a solid understanding and knowledge of the “old world”, to enable a complete revolution.
The incumbent (the partner most responsible of the current technologies and the most knowledge of core processes) has an ideal positioning to guide this transformation. It has a duty to lead this transformation. Broaching this subject is harder than it looks, given that digital transformation is high on the agenda of every organization. It is the present and the future and so cannot be avoided; it is not a challenge because it is not an option; it is not a trend, because each organization wishes to evolve in a different and unique manner.
